Reimagining Sustainable Cities

Strategies for Designing Greener, Healthier, More Equitable Communities

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Pub Date 07 Dec 2021 | Archive Date 01 Nov 2022

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A cutting-edge, solutions-oriented analysis of how we can reimagine cities around the world to build sustainable futures.
 
What would it take to make urban places greener, more affordable, more equitable, and healthier for everyone? In recent years, cities have stepped up efforts to address climate and sustainability crises. But progress has not been fast enough or gone deep enough. If communities are to thrive in the future, we need to quickly imagine and implement an entirely new approach to urban development: one that is centered on equity and rethinks social, political, and economic systems as well as urban designs. With attention to this need for structural change, Reimagining Sustainable Cities advocates for a community-informed model of racially, economically, and socially just cities and regions. The book aims to rethink urban sustainability for a new era.
 
In Reimagining Sustainable Cities, Stephen M. Wheeler and Christina D. Rosan ask big-picture questions of interest to readers worldwide: How do we get to carbon neutrality? How do we adapt to a climate-changed world? How can we create affordable, inclusive, and equitable cities? While many books dwell on the analysis of problems, Reimagining Sustainable Cities prioritizes solutions-oriented thinking—surveying historical trends, providing examples of constructive action worldwide, and outlining alternative problem-solving strategies. Wheeler and Rosan use a social ecology lens and draw perspectives from multiple disciplines. Positive, readable, and constructive in tone, Reimagining Sustainable Cities identifies actions ranging from urban design to institutional restructuring that can bring about fundamental change and prepare us for the challenges ahead.
 
A cutting-edge, solutions-oriented analysis of how we can reimagine cities around the world to build sustainable futures.
 
What would it take to make urban places greener, more affordable, more...

Advance Praise

"A refreshingly optimistic and well-argued big picture explanation of sustainable urban development and climate change clearly written for a general audience."—Richard LeGates, Professor Emeritus, San Francisco State University  

"Smart cities began making big changes during the covid pandemic–this practical and visionary volume suggests how they could go much farther, focusing on their most vulnerable populations and preparing for a truly working future."—Bill McKibben, author of Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? 

"A refreshingly optimistic and well-argued big picture explanation of sustainable urban development and climate change clearly written for a general audience."—Richard LeGates, Professor Emeritus...


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ISBN 9780520381216
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PAGES 344

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